Field Day at Fenton Highlights and Ditch Contract Set
A large crowd attended the Fenton field day despite cold wind and dust. Dewel and McMahon delivered well received talks. exhibits of grains and vegetables impressed. Winners included Steyer for oats Weisbrod for corn Weisbrod for apples and Pettit family won Roosevelt prize. Sports included a Lone Rock win 9 to 5, foot races and tug of war. Ditch work awarded to Foohey Dredging Co for about 113000 dollars with 1,550,000 cubic yards to move from twenty bids. Potatoes demand rises. Grundy county farmers expect large yields, with digger equipment selling well and market prices around 5 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenton
Dewel
Dewwel
E. McMahon
Herman Steyer
Philip Weisbrod
John Weisbrod
Roosevelt
W. C. Petitt
Courmr
Foohey’ Dredging Company
Fort Wayne
Ind
Grundy County
Itarvest
Kansas
Missouri
Grundy
Hardin County
Grundy Genter
Weilburg
Iowa
Hardin
Unruly hired man plus frontier tips from several towns
A Fairmont area farmer faced gossip as his field hand stayed drunk after cutting corn. An old settler with a jug fueled the tale, while Bancroft reports praise for Atty Barsley’s sweet potatoes and a northern trek by John Taylor and associates. A Storm Lake dispatch notes Coon River drainage ditch bids came in well under engineer estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
Bancroft Register
Atty. Barsley
North End
Register
Storm Lake
Big
Political ad and travel fares blend in old Washington Star appeal
A poetic patriotic polemic contrasts brave citizens with a corrupt foe. The piece mocks graft while listing loan firms A D Clarke Co and A D Charnes Co offering 5 to 6 percent loans. It promotes budget travel tickets to California, Mexico, and western regions with tours, discounts, and stopovers through various agent networks and destinations across the United States and Canada.
South Dakota Towns Platted With Grain Markets
In Spink and Faulk counties new town lots are platted near the James River valley. Six hundred to one thousand bushels of grain will be marketed as private sales settle. Towns lie eight to twenty miles apart with private sites and several buildings under construction. Aberdeen area agents promote rapid settlement and population growth.
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Jhortian
Campetiig
Oller Ines
Swain
Stoutford
Tuey
James River Valley
Cove
CresbAin
Faulk County
Niles
Phonins
Way
Aberdeen
S. Td
Chicago Great Western and Minnesota Passenger Train Notes
Fragmented listing of passenger trains and routes with Chicago Milwaukee St Paul lines. Notes mention Noah bound, Des Moines, St Paul, Minnesota passengers, freight and passenger services, and various train numbers and destinations. No clear narrative beyond timetable fragments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah
Chicngo
Nod Neo
St. Paul
Voges
Minnesota
Dilly
Des Molney Passenee
Uy Oulyyst
Chicago
Milwaukie & ST. Paul
Proight
Uet
Ueab
Abe
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Micklea
F. S. Norton, Luniber and Coal
Alers
Woodford, Wheeler Lumber Co
Lumber
the Court Louse
State Street
The
Algona Music House
John Mesing
Weber, Baldwin, Story & Clark, Hamilton, and
Hampden Pianos
Gall
Kossuth County Stata Bank
Galbraith’s
Geo, L. Galbraith
Dowel
S. 1
McMahon
John Taylor
Canada
Alberta
John Waller
Washington Star
A, D. Clarke & Co
Increst
A. D. Charnes & Co
Pacific Coast
Central
California
Mexia
Ororon
Washington
British Calumbia
Utah
Montena
Idaho
Avery Waitne
Los Angeles
San Francis
Kansas City
Homeseekers
Jonk
Dakotas
Manitoba
Sagelattehewny
Cairidhor
Merst
Thenl Moesdass
Opel
Sowtheast
West
Suntiweat
Bor
Arilies Alb
Cults
Gpa
Aw Minneapons
New
South Dakota
Ar. RR
Trane Cards
Ouigago & North-Westhimn
Jowa Central
Boulil
Depale
Madelia
James Patterson
Algona
E. H. Reaser
Res
Algona, Iowa
J. ER
Ehurniture Store
J. Xr
LAIRD
Great Western
Sattley
F. E. McCorkle
Waterloo
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